Meghan Markle said that life is more than just surviving, you have to thrive, so are you surviving or thriving: physically, emotionally, mentally, in your relationships, finances etc?
I think for about the past year, I’ve gotten closer to thriving every day.
About a year ago, I was going through a period of severe anxiety. I really thought I was going crazy.
I decided to put first things first, and started doing whatever I needed to do to strengthen and nurture my sanity.
I’ll probably never be really strong, or feel safe, again. But I have better coping mechanisms now. There are ups and downs, but I’m much better than I was a year ago.
I'm mostly just surviving, though I have my occasional moments of thriving. I am trying to come up with a plan to make things better, but I haven't figured it out yet. I know what I need to do, I just don't know how to do it. But I'm not giving up.
I am usually thriving, very blessed and grateful. Have certainly had challenges including open heart surgery but even then I was able to thrive. I don’t pay attention to celebrities or seek their advice, but to the question, I choose thriving.
It’s not about a celebrity. It’s about what she said. Anyone could have said it. It’s good to know there are ordinary people who are thriving. @trackman11
@trackman11 Oh, you [i]choose[/i] thriving? You mean like people who say they [i]choose[/i] happiness, when in fact they are mainly miserable? I don’t go for those “pretend to be something I’m not” games. I prefer authenticity.
@Carissimi I believe attitude is a choice, but life throws a lot of curves my friend. I am authentically thriving but nothing is 100%. There are very difficult days. Part of my point is that I consider myself lucky in life and often feel guilty when I see others travel a more difficult road.
I think I could be happy with this. I’d be thriving with cruise control. In fact, I like the idea of cruise control very much. It sounds like long-term stability. @jim44444
@Carissimi I feel for you. It's tough but I try to remember I've made it back before so I know it's not impossible. Keep on keeping on and in time things will hopefully improve.
It’s been over a decade, and this “keep on keeping on” has become draining. I think I’m too old and too tired now. Of course, today I have to gird my loins again, and go do something that actually overwhelms me. My mind spins, and I can’t think straight when I become overwhelmed. It feels bad enough when I’m alone. When I have to deal with others, it’s almost debilitating. @AntisocialTroll
There are real victims, then there are faux socialist/Leftist victims who self victimize because of a tweet, call the police, end up in the high court of England, where the judge finds for the defender (the tweeter), and the self proclaimed “victim” calls the judge a racist for his decision. You can’t make this stuff up. @TexChik
I find her very disrespectful to the Queen. According to a friend, she supposedly said that she was done with the drama and naysayers. In the context it was spoken, she was also calling the Queen a naysayer, as well as the dig that she didn’t own the word Royal. @nedkelly